Quite a brilliant if naive album from the young duo Bobby Nunn and Eugene Coplin Jr that has stood the test of time...In the late 1960s, Bobby's father William Nunn started MoDo records as a way to make extra money and to give the neighborhood youth an outlet to learn the music business. MoDo's recording studio was located in the basement of the Nunn home on Orange Street in Buffalo. Bob and Gene spent most of their free time in that basement writing and recording songs. As Bobby says, “We’d see local bands that had one mission... to play cover songs in the local bars. We thought it would be so much cooler to do original music and to have our own songs on the radio.” If they did cover songs, they did them their own way, often changing them totally. During this time they also recorded enough material for a full length album. By the early 1970s MoDo Records had folded, so the album was never released. In the early 1970s, Bob and Gene went their separate ways and in very different directions. Gene went into the church and other community endeavors in Buffalo. Bobby worked with Rick James before moving to Los Angeles where he continued his music career with quite a bit of success. In 2001, New York soul music historian David Griffiths came across some rare Bob & Gene 45s. The label made reference to an upcoming album titled "If This World Were Mine". After some intense searching and many phone calls to William Nunn Sr, Griffiths took the tapes of the unreleased album to Daptone Records. The album was released in 2007. After having spent 30 years collecting dust on the shelves in William Nunn,s basement, there's an energy and spirit to them that makes them as relevant as any other 21st century release. Bob and Gene's songs have since been featured in movies like Why Did I Get Married Too?, Our Family Wedding, and Different from Whom?. In 2011, Bob and Gene were inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. I included Bonus tracks also in flac. Its raw unsopisticated soul anf the northern scene loved them for it!
AMM
**********REQUEST**********
The Tasters!
13 Bonus - It's Not What You Know (It's Who You Know)
14 Bonus - I Really Love You
19 comments:
If this world were mine, there'd be no unreleased soul music. Thanks, AMM!
Another example of the rare and great music you present here, AMM ... Thanks for review, P.
Great post AMM, yes please
Thanx AMM, Only Got One Single Track By These Guys And It Came From You
Many thanks AMM for this nice upgrade!
Another gem its like finding Noahs Ark with some of these wonderful grate diggers love it Thanks AMM
Cheers Pedro
I have almost all of their recordings but I don't have this official CD that includes them. Essential!!!
Yves
Great Album Thank you AMM
Thanks AMM for the review. Never knew Buffalo has a music hall of fame.
Too intriguing to pass up. Plus, it's Daptone Records, for god's sake.
Thanks for sharing this review
Thanks for the review AMM love the tasters
Thanks for this rare comp of these two gentlemen. Thanks AMM.
i love all these 60s male duos like them thank you so much AMM
Thank you AMM for the cd and bonus tracks
Reb
Yeah, Bob & Gene are cool, thx mate :) 🌞✌🏻☮️
Soul & soul,other bonus ole
New to me. Male duos are a favourite ie Mel & Tim ("You Left The Water Running" AAAH!!), Purifys, Bob & Earl, Sam & Dave and more. Saw S & D in a package tour in the 60's. There wasn't much left after they finished (the same thing was said of OV Wright who I sadly didnt see).Otis Redding got to the point that he wouldn't go on stage after them. Dynamite live. Many thanks for the interesting review
CORRECTION! "Mel & Tim ("You Left The Water Running" AAAH!!)"
Should have read Maurice and Mac ("You Left The Water Running" AAAH!!)". Enjoyed Mel & Tim who didn't leave any water running (that I know of), they were good but not quite AAAH! More like an aah!
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